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School Name
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The Birches Pre-Primary
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Rationale / Mission
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We envision a schools that is sustainable, serves the community and has a low ecological footprint and instills a
love in our learners for nature and our planet
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Vision
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We want to be more sustainable green campus and be a source of inspiration for other schools
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Initiatives
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Vege tunnel, trash to cash entrepreneurship project, herb spiral, fruit forest, grey water diversion system, linked jojo tanks to senior toilets for flushing, selling veg produce/havest to the parents, solar geyser
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Existing School Focus Areas
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- Biodiversity Network
- Community & Social Responsibility
- Health & Well-being
- Water & Sanitation
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Establish An Adult Action Team & A Learner Action Team / Eco-club
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- We have an Adult Action team
- We have a Learner Action team / Eco-club
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Action Team Member List
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| Name of staff/parent/community member |
Grade/role/task assigned |
| Mrs Aiston |
Headmistress |
| Harrison Sibaya |
Grounds Man |
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Year One Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Water & Sanitation
Target 1
So far we have two bathrooms taped with Jojo water, we plan to extend our reach to the staff toilets
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Divert jojo tank water to the staff toilets |
plumbing, |
within the school, maintainence staff quaters |
Put a budget together and start fundraising for a 5000 L jojo tank and pipes |
jojo tank, pipes, pump, labour |
Mrs Aiston |
30 Nov |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
| Noah Dad could do free plumbing |
Individual |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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Year Two Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Biodiversity Network
Target 1
Re-vegetate the banks with Spekboom and Mother is Law Toug- Indigenous runners. Catch the water and prevent soil erosion.
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| revegetate both banks and decrease the soil load under the pre-fab building |
Use the nursery plants and other slips |
bank within school |
Estate manager will be replanting on a bi-monthly basis |
plants, spades, mulch for banks |
gardener |
30 Nov |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Cut back the Syringer Tree and Mexican Daisies on the border
Target 2: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| To have the fruit forest |
Cut back plants and reserach proper methods to eradicate the syringer |
within school |
cut back plant gradually over the course of the year |
poisons, saw,labour, paint brushes |
gardener |
30 Nov |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Start a sensory garden with pathway
Target 3: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Fundraise for sensory garden term 1 |
fundraise R4000 |
within school and source material |
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herbs, bricks, gum poles,bark chips,glass beads |
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Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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Year Three Focus Area
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Focus Area Details
Health & Well-being
Target 1
Continue the vege growing in the tunnel year round.
Target 1: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Try and source seddling (Diebre or Scilla) |
plant every 4 weeks |
in school tunnels |
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seedlings, compost, |
All |
30 Nov |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 2 (Optional)
Teach gardening lessons for all classes ( co-planting, dealing with pests, keeping our plants healthy)
Target 2: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Continue the garden clubs and high explorer and high adventure club |
weekly lesson for 6 months of the year |
at school |
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spades, water cans,racks,seedling,empty tray |
All |
30 Nov |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
Target 3 (Optional)
Sell surplus harvests to the parents to make the project self-sustaining to buy more seedling
Target 3: Goals
| Goal Identified |
Action Identified |
Location/Area within School |
Implementation steps |
Resources needed |
Who is responsible? |
Deadline |
| Collect/havest ripe veg and fruit and sell spontaneously in the morning |
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within school |
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table, money boxy box, |
All |
30 Nov |
Potential Partners
| Name of partner |
Type of Partner |
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School |
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